Resolved, That the undersigned immediately organize an association, to be called the "Ellsworth Association of the Slate of New-York," for the purpose of raising a regiment in honor of the lamented Col. To carry out this purpose, an organization was effected in Albany, Saturday evening, by the adoption of the following resolutions: Under these circumstances, it has been deemed advisable to raise a regiment from among the people of this state each town and ward to be represented by furnishing one man to be at once armed and equipped by voluntary subscription, and tendered to the general government, to serve during the war, as avengers of the noble blood, spilled on the soil of Virginia on the 24th inst. The quota of New-York troops called for by the President is already organized and if they were not too much time would be consumed in organizing under existing laws. The recent assassination of the gallant and lamented Ellsworth, and the barbarous manner in which the rebels have thus far conducted their hostilities against the government, has fired anew the zeal of our young men, until all are chafing with impatience to meet the foe.
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